Getting Together – Feb. 27

Published Feb 27, 2013 at 12:33 pm
(Updated Feb 27, 2013 at 12:33 pm)

CLUBS

College club

South Hills College Club will meet at 1 p.m. March 12 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Upper St. Clair. Caitlin Vancas, public relations director of the Better Business Bureau, will discuss scams and fraud. Dessert will be served.

Military wives

Military Wives Club will meet at 11:30 a.m. March 13 at the 911th Air Force Reserve Base in Moon Township. A program on healthy living begins at 1 p.m.

All wives of active duty, reserves, retired, spouses, friends and associates from all military branches may join the club.

Dues are $10 per year. The club raises money for the military and local charities.

To RSVP, call 412-279-8424.

Book club

Countryside Book Club will meet at noon March 5 at the home of Adeline Rennekamp. Ann DeBorteli will review “Wonder Boy’s” by Michael Chabon.

Preschool

Bird nests

Washington County Parks offer a Feather Their Nests preschool program March 6 at Mingo Creek Park. Sessions are available at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Supplies will be provided. Participants may bring items such as dryer lint or pet fur for their nesting bag. Call 724-228-6867.

HAPPENINGS

Townsmen show

The Four Townsmen Show Band will perform with the Mansfield 5 on March 2 at the SNPJ in Sygan.

Loft celebration

Trax Farms will celebrate the anniversary of its antique loft 10 a.m.-5 p.m. March 8-10. Treats, raffles, gifts and surprises.

Fight for Air

American Lung Association and WTAE news anchor Andrew Stockey host the seventh annual Fight for Air Climb March 23 at One Oxford Centre. Participants will climb the 897 steps from 9 a.m.-noon. Check-in begins at 7 a.m. To register, call Marissa Mysliwiec at 412-321-4029.

Hip Hop Dance

A Hip Hop Dance Clinic taught by National Champion Peters Twp. Dance Team will be taught 12:30-4 p.m. March 10 at Peters Twp. High School. Girls and boys K-12th grade are welcome. $35 per person. Email ptdanceteam@gmail.com for additional information.

Farm to Table

The Seventh Annual Farm to Table Conference is set for 10 a.m.-5 p.m. March 22-23 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh. Extras will include a Friday Night Local Food Tasting 5-8 p.m. and Saturday Networking Breakfast.

For details, visit farmtotablepa.com/conference.

HEALTH

Yoga festival

Phipps Conservatory will present a special Yoga Festival March 1-7. Yoga programs, discovery stations, food tastings will be featured among lush plants, flowers, cascading waterfalls and serene fish pond.

Yoga-themed topics will be held 11 a.m.-noon March 1 and March 4-7 and 11 a.m.-noon and 1:30-2:30 p.m. March 2, 3. Learn more at phipps.conservatory.org.

Blood drive

Colorectal cancer

Five physicians from St. Clair Hospital will discuss colorectal cancer noon-4 p.m. March 9 in the Dunlap Conference Center at St. Clair Hospital. Topics include epidemiology, colonoscopy, screening and surgery.

Dementia

Teepa Snow, dementia expert, will speak on Typical Progression of Dementia-What You Can Do to Help at 6 p.m. March 5 and Building Hands-on Caregiver Skills for Persons with Dementia at 6 p.m. March 6 at Asbury Heights, Mt. Lebanon. Free.

Department of Labor

South Hills Small Business Institute will host the Pennsylvania Department of Labor on March 6 at the Crowne Plaza. The workshop “It’s Not My Fault-I Didn’t Know” will highlight new rules and regulations for Unemployment Compensation in 2013.